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Members
2,931
North Carolina
Top Regular
2,567
highest
Median Regular
1,056
midpoint
Rated Regular
2,301
players

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North Carolina State Rankings

Where North Carolina ranks among states by rating category · updated November 1, 2026

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#201,056 median
#17972 median
#381,176 median
#301,123 median
#311,184 median
#331,421 median
Average rating
#251,040 average
#21959 average
#411,168 average
#371,107 average
#331,178 average
#411,350 average
Best player
#222,567 top
#172,537 top
#142,620 top
#122,571 top
#92,550 top
#92,539 top
Rated players
#72.3k players
#72.2k players
#6884 players
#6280 players
#8278 players
#5203 players

50-State Trend Stack

North Carolina highlighted against every state · Active Members

5.7k11k0Alaska, latest 186Alabama, latest 637Arkansas, latest 492Arizona, latest 1,751California, latest 9,763Colorado, latest 1,196Connecticut, latest 971District of Columbia, latest 368Delaware, latest 249Florida, latest 4,584Georgia, latest 2,139Hawaii, latest 419Iowa, latest 410Idaho, latest 305Illinois, latest 4,370Indiana, latest 1,468Kansas, latest 619Kentucky, latest 987Louisiana, latest 775Massachusetts, latest 1,945Maryland, latest 2,080Maine, latest 440Michigan, latest 1,981Minnesota, latest 1,065Missouri, latest 1,425Mississippi, latest 393Montana, latest 140North Carolina, latest 2,931North Dakota, latest 113Nebraska, latest 343New Hampshire, latest 391New Jersey, latest 3,351New Mexico, latest 474Nevada, latest 784New York, latest 8,375Ohio, latest 2,270Oklahoma, latest 681Oregon, latest 1,355Pennsylvania, latest 2,862Rhode Island, latest 289South Carolina, latest 1,056South Dakota, latest 186Tennessee, latest 1,312Texas, latest 9,652Utah, latest 694Virginia, latest 2,820Vermont, latest 235Washington, latest 2,213Wisconsin, latest 981West Virginia, latest 267Wyoming, latest 118Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Sep 26Nov 26
November 1, 2026
members
1California
9,763
2Texas
9,652
3New York
8,375
4Florida
4,584
5Illinois
4,370
6New Jersey
3,351

Member Growth & Turnover

How the number of active players in North Carolina changes month to month

Last month
-76
November 1, 2026 · 2,931 active members
Best month
+308
February 1, 2026 · 503 gained
Largest loss
-219
March 1, 2026 · 237 lost

Total active members

2,931

2.9k-3.2k
3.2k2.9kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26

Monthly net change

-76

+/- 308
0+308-308Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

How many members in North Carolina joined, came back, or left each month

Updated monthly
Joined
1,412
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Came back
553
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Left
2,118
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
153306464Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

Active USCF members per 100,000 North Carolina residents using 2025 estimated resident population

Active members
7th
2,931
Valid November 1, 2026
Members per 100k
16th
26.2
per 100,000 of 11,197,968 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across North Carolina

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A regular rating of 1,056 beats 50.1% of players in North Carolina.
123 players rated 1000–1099
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Regular ratings · North Carolina

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Troff, Kayden William
USCF12939342
2,567
2
Moradiabadi, Elshan
USCF14821464
2,536
3
Wang, Tianqi
USCF14099361
2,453
4
Vanapalli, Vishnu
USCF15013525
2,434
5
Schroer, Jonathan
USCF10118131
2,423
6
Chirilov, James
USCF16480806
2,399
7
Prabhu, Naveen
USCF14949284
2,379
8
Giannatos, Peter
USCF13055966
2,367
9
Cremisi, Daniel
USCF14543654
2,352
10
Pope, John L
USCF10488389
2,350
11
Crump, Alexander
USCF13607663
2,344
12
Johnson, Donald
USCF16126281
2,343
13
Wu, Andrew
USCF16967853
2,329
14
Klein, Mike
USCF12461305
2,304
15
Carter, Emmanuel
USCF13993951
2,302
16
Myers, Dominique
USCF13057743
2,256
17
Hoshor, Mark T
USCF10197996
2,251
18
Fang, Thomas
USCF12930260
2,240
19
Bondalapati, Sri
USCF16633657
2,234
20
Agner, Carlito
USCF12722211
2,233

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Shah, Jinay
USCF33188158
+257
2
Agrawal, Nivaan
USCF32487734
+254
3
Mukkamala, Arshith
USCF32919298
+249
4
Bagha, Bibhatsu
USCF32177186
+242
5
Jordan, Liam
USCF31998536
+240
6
Huupponen, Oskari
USCF31652743
+232
7
Tyagi, Vihaan
USCF31964942
+201
8
Conn, Stephen Edward
USCF31516190
+197
9
Cronin, Thomas Halloran C.
USCF31459891
+193
10
Rayfield, Wilson Parker
USCF15232610
+182
11
Subramanian, Vidyut
USCF32401479
+180
12
Catron, Lucas
USCF33140165
+177
13
Williams, Logan
USCF32491315
+176
14
Larsson, Siddhartha
USCF30405383
+175
15
Fang, Jesse
USCF31481091
+172
16
Aravapalli, Devansh
USCF32913810
+169
17
Fox, Richard Gary
USCF32946542
+161
18
Behera, Devansh
USCF31952722
+160
19
Pawar, Varad
USCF32786827
+159
20
Misra, Neil
USCF32548648
+157

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Daunt, Brendan Michael
USCF31716722
+330
2
Pandey, Anay
USCF32531497
+326
3
Pulikonda, Darsh Sricharan
USCF32189970
+325
4
Kylstra, Abraham
USCF31731001
+323
5
Agrawal, Nivaan
USCF32487734
+318
6
Viehmeyer, Grant
USCF32742960
+307
7
Shah, Jinay
USCF33188158
+276
8
Bagha, Bibhatsu
USCF32177186
+269
9
Mukkamala, Arshith
USCF32919298
+261
10
Huupponen, Oskari
USCF31652743
+258
11
Conn, Stephen Edward
USCF31516190
+244
12
Finney, Sean D
USCF32562429
+243
13
Saxena, Advik
USCF32857445
+224
14
Yang, Jackson
USCF32596510
+219
15
Woodard, Jackson Eugene
USCF32951679
+216
16
Kakani, Arun
USCF32590310
+215
17
Catron, Lucas
USCF33140165
+210
18
Pawar, Varad
USCF32786827
+209
19
Fox, Richard Gary
USCF32946542
+207
20
Subramanian, Vidyut
USCF32401479
+205

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